Mikalai Shliazhko

Former prisoner (Recognized ex post facto)

Date of birth: 3 April 1970

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Volha Yemelyanchanka

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Mikalai Shliazhko and his wife were detained while leaving Belarus to visit their children. He was kept in the pre-trial detention center until the trial.

On February 9, 2024, he was sentenced to two years and six months of restricted freedom under home confinement (domashnyaya khimiya).

      On March 7, 2024, he was added to the 'extremist list'.

 

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